Nonchromogenic hydrolysis of elastase and cathepsin G p-nitroanilide substrates by Pseudomonas aeruginosa elastase.

abstract：:Eotaxins-1, -2, and -3 mediate the recruitment of blood-borne eosinophils to allergically inflamed tissues by binding CC chemokine receptor (CCR) 3. Mast cells (MCs) are resident tissue cells that also express CCR3. In the present study, we demonstrate that human (h) MCs in nasal polyps and cultured cord blood-derived...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Price KS,Friend DS,Mellor EA,De Jesus N,Watts GF,Boyce JA

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, splenic dendritic cells (DC) and alveolar macrophages (AM) were pulsed with antigen in vitro and subsequently intratracheally instilled to test whether these cells have the capacity to sensitize T cells in the draining lymph nodes of the lung. The data demonstrate that antigen-pulsed DC, instille...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Havenith CE,Breedijk AJ,Betjes MG,Calame W,Beelen RH,Hoefsmit EC

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent in vitro studies have suggested that interleukin-4 (IL-4) may be involved in the preferential migration of eosinophils into the airways in allergic asthma through its capacity to selectively increase vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) expression on vessels. To test this hypothesis, we studied the expres...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Fukuda T,Fukushima Y,Numao T,Ando N,Arima M,Nakajima H,Sagara H,Adachi T,Motojima S,Makino S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemokine TARC is a ligand for the chemokine receptor CCR4 expressed on T helper (Th)2-type CD4 T cells. Allergic airway inflammation is characterized by a local increase in cells secreting Th2-type cytokines. We hypothesized that bronchial epithelial cells may be a source of chemokines known to chemoattract Th2 c...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Berin MC,Eckmann L,Broide DH,Kagnoff MF

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat alveolar type II pneumocytes, in situ, label with Maclura pomifera agglutinin (MPA), a plant lectin that recognizes alpha-galactosyl oligosaccharide residues of glycoproteins and glycolipids. To study the glycoproteins recognized by the lectin, MPA lectin affinity chromatography was used to isolate a novel glycopr...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Lwebuga-Mukasa JS

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protease-antiprotease imbalance that is characteristic of most inflammatory lung disorders depends on the spatial-temporal regulation of active inhibitor and protease concentrations in lung secretions. We have studied the competition between the three main serine proteases from human neutrophil primary granules in...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Korkmaz B,Poutrain P,Hazouard E,de Monte M,Attucci S,Gauthier FL

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 alveolar epithelial cells (AEC2) are regarded as the progenitor population of the alveolus responsible for injury repair and homeostatic maintenance. Depletion of this population is hypothesized to underlie various lung pathologies. Current models of lung injury rely on either uncontrolled, nonspecific destruct...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Garcia O,Hiatt MJ,Lundin A,Lee J,Reddy R,Navarro S,Kikuchi A,Driscoll B

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans and rodents exposed to an aerosol of asbestos fibers develop lung injury that can lead to a fibroproliferative response culminating in excessive scarring and impaired lung function. To define the early events that precede asbestos-induced fibrotic lung disease, rats were exposed to an aerosol of chrysotile asbe...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Mishra A,Liu JY,Brody AR,Morris GF

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acceleration of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by cigarette smoke (CS) in individuals with severe genetic deficiency of α(1)-antitrypsin (Z-AT [Glu342Lys]) exemplifies the critical importance of gene-environmental interactions to the development of COPD. We investigated the molecular basis for the in...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Alam S,Li Z,Janciauskiene S,Mahadeva R

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MyD88 is an adapter protein required for the induction of proinflammatory cytokines by most Toll-like receptors (TLR), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa expresses ligands for multiple TLRs. MyD88(-/-) (KO) mice are highly susceptible to aerosolized P. aeruginosa, failing to elicit an early inflammatory response and permittin...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Hajjar AM,Harowicz H,Liggitt HD,Fink PJ,Wilson CB,Skerrett SJ

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic airway infections with Pseudomonas aeruginosa determine morbidity in most individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF). P. aeruginosa may persist for decades in CF lungs, which provides a rare opportunity to study the long-term within-host evolution of a bacterial airway pathogen. In this work, we sought to resolve t...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Klockgether J,Cramer N,Fischer S,Wiehlmann L,Tümmler B

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extensive tissue remodeling occurs in survivors of acute lung injury, leading to nearly normal histology and physiology in the majority of individuals, whereas others suffer significant impairment due to the development of pulmonary fibrosis. Alveolar epithelial cells play a central role in the repair process. They ar...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Hasegawa T,Sorensen L,Dohi M,Rao NV,Hoidal JR,Marshall BC

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-13 (IL-13) is one of the central mediators for development of airway hyperresponsiveness in asthma. However, its effect on bronchial smooth muscle (BSM) is not well known. Recent studies revealed an involvement of RhoA/Rho-kinase in BSM contraction, and this pathway has now been proposed as a new target fo...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Chiba Y,Nakazawa S,Todoroki M,Shinozaki K,Sakai H,Misawa M

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surfactant protein (SP)-D, a 43-kD multifunctional collagen-like lectin, is synthesized and secreted by the airway epithelium. SP-D knockout (SP-D [-/-]) mice exhibit an increase in the number and size of airway macrophages, peribronchiolar inflammation, increases in metalloproteinase activity, and development of emph...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Atochina EN,Beers MF,Hawgood S,Poulain F,Davis C,Fusaro T,Gow AJ

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comprehensive investigation of the morphology of human airway epithelial tight junctions was carried out by freeze-fracture electron microscopy using quantitative methods designed to analyze a range of junctional characteristics. Extrapulmonary bronchi that appeared grossly normal were taken at sites distant from tu...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Godfrey RW,Severs NJ,Jeffery PK

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The doxycycline-inducible, gene regulatory system allows tight control of transgene expression for the study of organ development and disease pathogenesis. Multiple recent reports have employed this model to investigate various lung diseases including emphysema. For our study, we used this transgenic system to test wh...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Sisson TH,Hansen JM,Shah M,Hanson KE,Du M,Ling T,Simon RH,Christensen PJ

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) are phosphorylated after inhalation of asbestos. The effect of blocking this signaling pathway in lung epithelium is unclear. Asbestos-exposed transgenic mice expressing a dominant-negative mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase-1 (dnMEK1) (i.e., the upstrea...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Manning CB,Sabo-Attwood T,Robledo RF,Macpherson MB,Rincón M,Vacek P,Hemenway D,Taatjes DJ,Lee PJ,Mossman BT

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung granulomas are associated with numerous conditions, including inflammatory disorders, exposure to environmental pollutants, and infection. Osteopontin is a chemotactic cytokine produced by macrophages, and is implicated in extracellular matrix remodeling. Furthermore, osteopontin is up-regulated in granulomatous ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Huizar I,Malur A,Midgette YA,Kukoly C,Chen P,Ke PC,Podila R,Rao AM,Wingard CJ,Dobbs L,Barna BP,Kavuru MS,Thomassen MJ

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Geldanamycin is a benzoquinone ansamycin with multiple pharmacologic properties. Recent data demonstrated that geldanamycin conferred protection in an animal model of inflammation-associated acute lung injury. In the current study, we investigated the effects of geldanamycin on interleukin (IL)-8 gene expression and n...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Malhotra V,Shanley TP,Pittet JF,Welch WJ,Wong HR

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrated previously that FoxD1-derived cells in the lung are enriched in pericyte-like cells in mouse lung. These cells express the common pericyte markers and are located adjacent to endothelial cells. In this study, we demonstrate the feasibility of administering diphtheria toxin (DT) by oropharyngeal aspirat...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Hung CF,Chow YH,Liles WC,Altemeier WA,Schnapp LM

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) to induce production of chemokines with known chemotactic activity for monocytes and lymphocytes, the cellular building blocks of granulomas, was investigated. These chemokines included regulated upon activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted (RANTES), monocyte c...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Sadek MI,Sada E,Toossi Z,Schwander SK,Rich EA

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that a single exposure of animals to ozone (O3) can induce protection or adaptation to the acute injurious effects of a subsequent O3 challenge. Although a number of mechanisms have been proposed to account for this response, none appear to be fully explanatory. We examined the role interle...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： McKinney WJ,Jaskot RH,Richards JH,Costa DL,Dreher KL

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metformin has been used as first-line treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes, and is reported to reduce cancer risk and progression by activating the liver kinase B1 (LKB1)-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) pathway. Cisplatin remains the main drug for treating advanced non-small-cell lung cancer. However, drug r...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Lin CC,Yeh HH,Huang WL,Yan JJ,Lai WW,Su WP,Chen HH,Su WC

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emphasis has recently been placed on the roles of chemotactic cytokines called chemokines to explain the accumulation of inflammatory cells in the lung that may precede or accompany pulmonary fibrosis in interstitial lung diseases. We hypothesized that RANTES, a member of the C-C chemokines, is one such chemokine. Bro...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Kodama N,Yamaguchi E,Hizawa N,Furuya K,Kojima J,Oguri M,Takahashi T,Kawakami Y

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of metalloproteinases that degrade the extracellular matrix of connective tissues and two specific tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) have now been isolated, characterized, and cloned. Comparison of the enzyme sequences has allowed the delineation of domain structures, and initial studies have be...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Murphy G,Docherty AJ

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs) phosphorylate and regulate cytoskeletal components of contractile cells and have been implicated in integrin-mediated adhesion. In this study, we examined the contributions of adherence, cell flattening, and cytoskeletal reorganization to adhesion-induced ERK activation in...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Heuertz RM,Hamann KJ,Hershenson MB,Leff AR

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis remaining the most common cause of lower respiratory tract disease in infants worldwide, treatment has progressed little in the past 30 years. The aim of our study was to determine whether post-infection administration of de novo pyrimidine synthesis inhibitors c...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Davis IC,Lazarowski ER,Chen FP,Hickman-Davis JM,Sullender WM,Matalon S

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-11 and IL-11 receptor (R)alpha are induced by Th2 cytokines. However, the role(s) of endogenous IL-11 in antigen-induced Th2 inflammation has not been fully defined. We hypothesized that IL-11, signaling via IL-11Ralpha, plays an important role in aeroallergen-induced Th2 inflammation and mucus metaplasia. To test ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Lee CG,Hartl D,Matsuura H,Dunlop FM,Scotney PD,Fabri LJ,Nash AD,Chen NY,Tang CY,Chen Q,Homer RJ,Baca M,Elias JA

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PS-341 is a highly selective and potent proteasome inhibitor that is cytotoxic to various types of cancer. However, no objective response was seen in a clinical trial with PS-341 as a single agent in non-small cell lung cancer. Its antitumor activity is limited by the simultaneously activated antiapoptosis pathway. Re...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Lee KH,Jang AH,Yoo CG

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior studies have demonstrated that human alveolar macrophages (AM) are suppressive of lymphocyte function, through the mechanism of inhibition is unclear. In the current study, human AM inhibited receptor-mediated increases in intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) in T cells, natural killer cells, and B cell...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Yarbrough WC Jr,Wilkes DS,Weissler JC

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00